off the korean peninsula and is conducting joint naval drills with the south korean navy. this always infuriates north korea and it s noteworthy that the kind of missile they attempted to launch is a modified scud that we actually saw at that massive military parade earlier this month. a missile that analysts say could be used to try to sink warships like the carl vinson so moving forward, north korea has promised that they will continue with their missile tests and with nuclear tests as well despite mounting international pressure and despite secretary of state rex tillerson sharing that special u.n. security council meeting on friday where he urged the world to isolate north korea and put more economic pressure to try to rein in programs here on the ground they say they absolutely will not stop. ana in. will ripley reporting from pyongyang. thank you so much. let s get back to our panel now. maria, i ll turn to you first. obviously president obama also wrestled with north korea
a lot of leadership. undistracted leadership where the president puts his full the weight of the presidency behind an organized effort to buildan coalition to communicate clearly with the american people and to find a working majority in the congress. the congress is a tough place ti work and so far, that fraction relationship has been something that lowered the president s grade. one of the things that has to happen, they have to pass this funding bill and katrina, there was a report today that said that nick mulvaney is saying, that the border funding must be in or they are willing to try to go all the way to shut down the government. what s interesting to me abouto that,at i know that s a presidential priority. he does show flexibility. a poll that we showcased last night on the show, it was only 38% of people thought that the wall was worth doing.
washington and needing to work with the congress and needing to work with multiple different other personalities other than yourself on a campaign stage can slap you pretty hard in the face. interesting element, you would never label donald trump as an ideologue, somebody about sloobtly tied to his positions. he s a dealmaker. somebody wants to get in the room and negotiate. while he s had very serious campaign promises up to this point, the idea he would all of a sudden start to move, show flexibility, that tracks with his career on some level. if you re a member of his sort of staunch base, and you see this, the cement cracking even before he sets foot in the oval office for real? the question is, how will his supporters react? maybe that s what steve bannon s going to do in the white house. making sure that those people are heard. interesting, because on that note, zeke, in the 60 minutes interview when asked about gay marriage, he told leslie stahl, this is settled, the law o
so anyone could say they tried and avoid paa penalty or anything else. of course. it is a wink and a nod. it means nothing. this is all outcome based legislating from the administration. and let s face it. this has one thing in mind. it is about president obama trying to keep the senate in democrat hands in 2014. that s it. not one of these changes has a thing to do with helping the american people. their insurance premiums or better access to health care, that s not what it s about. it is about the president s agenda, holding on to a dem crate senate. every single one of them is trance parent and i think that s why people feel cynical about this bill. neil, what i want to know is when does the president show flexibility and when could do i have to file my income tax returns. will that stay april 15th or